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A series of webinars aimed at DB2 application developers begins tomorrow, Tuesday August 29, 2006. The first one is titled "XML and DB2": For developers who want to know how to develop XML applications in DB2, how XML works in DB2 and what the unique and essential benefits are, this is the webinar you need to attend. Specifically, the following topics will be covered: 1) How does pureXMLTM integrate with DB2 9?2) How do you develop XML applications in DB2?3) What are the unique and essential XML benefits provided by DB2 9? Other webinars... [More]

The SOA Compass book continues to be a fast moving book. Have you had a chance to look at it yet? To download one of the chapters, see http://www.ibmpressbooks.com/bookstore/product.asp?isbn=0131870025&rl=1 This site also contains many customer reactions to the book such as this one: "Service-Oriented Architecture offers a pathway tonetworking of intra- and inter-corporate business systems.The standards have the potential to create far more flexibleand resilient business information systems than have beenpossible in the past. This book is a... [More]

Today's electronic edition of DB2 Magazine has an article by Howard Fosdick about the IBM Business Intelligence certification exam. His article discusses the credentials required as well as directs the reader to the appropriate study materials. Here's an intro and link to the article: With companies clamoring for business intelligence, a certification credential can give DBAs and programmers an significantedge with employers. Certification columnist Howard Fosdick hands out the inside intel on passing IBM's DB2-based business intelligence... [More]

I'm sure you've heard about the big combined conference for the Information Management brand that is taking place this fall. If not, here are the facts about the conference: IBM Information On Demand 2006 (http://www.ibm.com/software/data/ondemandbusiness/conf2006/), October 15-20th, 2006, Anaheim, CA IBM Information Management is hosting its first-ever global conference this year, IBM Information On Demand 2006, for business and IT executives, managers, professionals, database administrators and developers. One event, more value IBM... [More]

Last week I received an email from a friend who was in a bookstore in the Tulsa OK airport. He found the IBM Press book "Can two rights make a wrong". Not many IBM Press books end up in bookstores, especially in airports, because they are not considered mass appeal books like a Microsoft books tend to be. But maybe this is a start! So instead of looking for DB2 or IBM books in bookstores, try some of the great online bookstores that are available that tend to offer greatly discounted prices. Some of my favourites: United States:... [More]

Scott Ambler recently contacted me to tell me that he is now an employee of IBM working in the Rational area and that he and co-author Sadalage Pramodkumar have published a book that might be of interest to the database community. Scott gave me a copy of the book and it certainly looks interesting. Take a look at the abstract of the book and let me know what you think: Refactoring Databases: Evolutionary Database DesignAuthors: Scott W. Ambler, Pramodkumar J. SadalageISBN: 0321293533 This comprehensive guide and reference helps you overcome... [More]

The International DB2 Users Group (IDUG®) is pleased to promote the SoftBase DB2 UDB for z/OS Version 8: FOR DEVELOPERS ONLY Webinar featuring Craig S. Mullins, a DB2 educational event being held this Wednesday, May 3, 2006 at 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM EST. This technical session will highlight DB2 UDB for z/OS Version 8 enhancements that directly impact DB2 application developers when performing their jobs. The target audience is Application Developers, Project Leaders, Application Managers or any IT staff members who will be involved in developing,... [More]

The second edition of the Information Management Professional Certification Newsletter is now available:http://www.ibm.com/software/data/education/cert-newsletter.html. In this edition, find out about the certifications that are currently under development and when they are expected to be live. You'll see a list of the events where certifications are being offered for free or at a reduced price. Also, you'll have links to the latest white papers and offers. susan

Learn about why you should care about DB2 Express-C by reading this excellent article by Ted Wasserman: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/db2/library/techarticle/dm-0603wasserman2/?ca=dnw-712 Also, the electronic coupon for the book [b]DB2 Express: Easy Development and Administration[/b] by Paul Yip, Kit Man Cheung, Jason Gartner, Clara Liu and Stephen O'Connell is still active, giving you a 30% discount off the regular price of the book. Order through the site: http://ibmpressbooks.com/title/0131463977 and Enter EXPRESS as the coupon when... [More]

My friend Kevin See and a few others has just published an article on dworks about Kerberos... check it out: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/db2/library/techarticle/dm-0603see/index.html Kevin's passion is in the DB2 security area and he is currently reviewing and writing a few sections in a planned book as well he has several other articles in mind. I hope you find this useful! susan